Garment waist band



Patented June 22, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Application May 1,1936, Serial No. 77,396 In Great Britain April 16, 1935 1 Claim.

My invention relates to a garment waistband of the kind described in myown copending application Ser. No. 756,821 of December 10, 1934 sincematured into Patent 2,063,886.

According to the invention, the lining for supporting the belt ofelastic material, such ras sponge rubber for example is formed by aribbon of resistant cloth having at regular intervals some of its weftthreads free of the warp threads intermediate the side edges thereof inorder to form loops for the passage of the belt. Furthermore, theadjustable fastening means for the belt which formerly had been affixedto the waist band of the garment are now provided on the end of the beltsupporting ribbon. Thus, the retaining device forms in itself a unit andmay be brought as such on the market ready to be adapted to everygarment on which it may be wanted.

'I'he accompanying drawing shows an embodiment of the improved devices.

Fig. 1 shows the supporting means for the elastic belt which is a ribbonof resistant cloth having loops formed by the weft threads, the

25 elastic belt being threaded through said loops.

Fig. 2 shows the adaption of said device to the waist ban-d of sportbreeches.

The retaining device according to Figs. 1 and 2 comprises a ribbon I ofresistant cloth and a belt 2 of elastic material such as sponge rubberhaving a rough surface.

The ribbon I is manufactured in a special manner so that it may serve asa support for the belt without any other means intervening. 5 As shownin Fig. 1 it has at regular intervals and intermediate the side edgesthereof some of its weft threads free of the warp threads in order toform loops 3 through which the belt 2 passes. The belt ends are providedwith adjustable fas- 10 tening means, such as button holes 4 and thecorresponding fastening means, such as buttons 5 are provided on theribbon ends.

For use the ribbon I is sewn or otherwise afxed to the waist band of thegarment and then the 15 belt is fastened by its ends in a more or lesstensioned state to the ribbon ends.

I claim:

In a .garment waistband having a lining a belt of elastic material witha rough surface supported by the lining and adjustable fastening meansfor the belt ends, the lining being formed by a ribbon of resistantcloth having at regular intervals its weft threads free of the warpthreads intermediate the side edges in order to form loops for thepassage of the belt and fastening means on the ends of the ribbon foraffixing the belt.

PAUL ALEXANDRE.

